About "Banananana" by Monkey X

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Pop! Every pop life begins with a new generation. Children growing up, learning of the things in life. Reinventing and recycling all messages and symbols of the past. Giving it new life, new art.

To me one of the greatest pop icon is the banana. It's been used in popular culture all over the world. The depiction of a person slipping on a banana peel has been a staple of physical comedy for generations. The song Yes, We Have No Bananas by Frank Silver and Irving Cohn. Bananas are also humorously used as a phallic symbol like on the debut album-cover of The Velvet Underground.